juration

noun

1. The process or act of making an oath.

   rare, uncountable

   Lord Lyttelton has detected in our Sydney's 'Letters' "two oaths," or, to speak more accurately (for there is no juration in the case), two "d—ns," pp. 6 and 16.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin iurationem, accusative singular of iuratio (“swearing, oath, vow”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry juration (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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